Tracheostoma device holder and method for adapting the holder to anatomy of a patient

• Main Author: FALKENBERG, Richard
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 13.05.2021
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROSTHESES; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

A tracheostoma device holder (10) for holding a tracheostoma device superimposed of a tracheostoma of a person is provided. The tracheostoma device holder (10) comprises a plate (30) for attachment over a tracheostoma via proximal side thereof, said plate (30) being provided with a through hole (39), a tracheostoma device fitting (20) being provided with a through passage (23) arranged superimposed the through hole (39), said tracheostoma device fitting (20) extending distally from the plate (30). The plate (30) comprises a disc (50) of a thermoplastic material enclosed by a plate material (40), wherein the plate material (40) has a melting point different from a melting point of the disc (50).